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the following extracts, assuring the Reader anew, that he will find them translated with the most scrupulous exactness.
“CONSIDER[1] and examine well all
your doors, before you venture to
stir abroad: for he is exposed to
continual danger, whose enemies lie in
ambush concealed in his court.
“To the guest, who enters your
dwelling with frozen knees, give the warmth
of your fire: he who hath travelled over
the mountains hath need of food, and
well-dried garments.
“Offer water to him who sits down at
your table: for he hath occasion to cleanse
his hands: and entertain him
honourably and kindly, if you would win from
him friendly words, and a grateful
return.
- ↑ In translating the following maxims from the French, I occasionally consulted a MS copy of Resenius’s Latin Version, and have in some few passages, where the French seemed not to be sufficiently explicit, been determined by the latter; from which I have also supplied a few omissions. But not being able to procure the original, I have, in all other instances, chosen to follow M. Mallet’s Translation, though it differs extremely from that of Resenius: As presuming that M. Mallet had good authority for every deviation. See the Introduction to this Volume. T.
